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Images of the Future: The Basic Income Challenge
Author(s) -
Roebroek Joop M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1993.tb00512.x
Subject(s) - basic income , social security , socioeconomic status , economics , context (archaeology) , basic needs , public economics , foundation (evidence) , comprehensive income , politics , sociology , economic growth , political science , poverty , gross income , population , law , market economy , geography , demography , tax reform , state income tax , archaeology
In this paper, the significance of basic income as an option in the future is investigated against the background of recent changes in society and social security systems, presented in four segments. First, the concept of basic income is presented in the context of existing social security systems. Basic income represents an elementary form of unconditional income in terms of labor and income. Second, arguments for and against basic income are studied; the social and political foundation is identified; and the relationship between the validity of the basic income as a future option and concrete socioeconomic conditions is discussed. Third, basic income is placed against the background of wider processes of social ordering—specifically, the relationship between state and society. Finally, arguments are made for reconsidering the present system of social security and its future transition.